Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [not/n't] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I presume the 2 disallowed were nt in that figure ? |
| 2 | But the majority of policemen and women we encountered were not like this and did not engage in little acts of subterfuge to limit what the field-worker saw or heard because either they had nothing to hide or , more rarely , they were not concerned to conceal it . |
| 3 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 4 | But just how genetic , organic and social factors interact is not at all clear . |
| 5 | This process is controlled in the plant by substances called ‘ auxins ’ though how it is done is not at all clear . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the high instability of marriage which does occur is not in any way unique to them . |
| 7 | What results when the option is not exercised is not in any sense preordained , except by the terms of the option contract itself . |
| 8 | Strangling was not like that . |
| 9 | Joking was n't at all romantic . |
| 10 | ‘ I must confess , the news it contained was not at all what I had been expecting . |
| 11 | But she was an orphan , and the uncle and aunt with whom she lived were not at all well off . |
| 12 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 13 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 14 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 15 | We emphasise that the figures quoted are not in any way critical . |
| 16 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |